The history of New York City’s lost City Island monorail is a fascinating chapter in urban planning that illustrates both ambition and failure. In the early 20th century, City Island—located in the ...

Greenmarket's origin story includes rejected sites and a passionate community that transformed a courthouse parking lot into ...

Firstrust Bank Executive Chairman and Owner Richard J. Green was recently honored as a recipient of a 2025 Ellis Island Medal of Honor, presented by the Ellis Island Honor Society. The medal ...

Join me on an island-hopping adventure to breathtaking islands near New York City, and understand why you should take the ...

NEW YORK (WABC) -- New Jersey Transit train engineers have gone on strike in a dispute over wages, impacting some 350,000 commuters who rely on trains across the state. Staten Island Ferry and NY ...

Rogers Island, a private 7.65-acre landmass in the Long Island Sound, is back on sale for $29.99 million. Not only is the property $5 million cheaper than when it listed last May — the sellers ...

Rikers Island is one of the most infamous jail complexes in the U.S., and it is now under new management: a federal judge has seized control of the facility from New York City and placed it under ...

NEW YORK (WABC) -- A federal judge Tuesday seized control of New York City's notorious jail complex on Rikers Island, which will now be run by an official who reports directly to the court.

A federal judge ruled Tuesday that an independent outside official will take control of Rikers Island from New York City in a sweeping decision aimed at fixing years of violence and deteriorating ...

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News 12 The swimmer went missing close to where the mouth of the Nissequogue River meets the Long Island Sound and Smithtown Bay. Donna Grace/NY Post Design Dive teams, police dogs, and marine ...

Judge Laura Taylor Swain criticized the city's conduct in a 77-page ruling. A federal judge on Tuesday seized control of New York City's notorious jail complex on Rikers Island, which will now be ...